Vic clued me in on this at the last trail. Apparently Matchbox has a 5-pack of small trucks that has a blue Jeep XJ with a pirate flag on it!!! I found the pack at TRU, and although the body style is the same, the colors they used on this truck are gawd-awful. So, I broke out my paint brush!!!

First, the current colors. The chassis of this thing is CREAM , and the pale blue for the body does not exist in the natural world, much less the Chrysler one. I opened up my gun-metal grey and gave the chassis a nice coat of paint to make it look more normal, then decided to flat black the lower trim and wheel hubs. I was trying to settle on which blue to use to darken up the body when it hit me; I had a small bottle of Patriot Blue touch-up paint left over from when I fixed my rear fender quarter panel (darn trees, always like to jump out when you least expect it!!! ). So, I pulled that out and painted the body. Then I found out the hard way, ACTUAL VEHICLE BODY PAINT IS A %^$& TO PUT ON A SMALL TOY CAR!!! I evened it out as best as I could, but it looks a little rough. I did manage to paint around the pirate flag, and now it looks like it should with a skull and crossbones on each door. I'll post pix of my handiwork later.

Allen, I've been going into Wally world looking for this with no luck, so what the fawk is TRU and where the hell is it?

If you go there again and see one pick one up for me and Steve and I'll pay you back when I collect the goods!_________________Some people are like slinkeys, they’re not of much use but they will still bring a smile to your face if someone pushes them down the stairs.

So you can take the time to post pics of the toy Jeep you painted....but not of the Custom Hi Lift Jack mounts you made. Glad the prioritios are straight. _________________97 XJ Sport with a bunch of stuff

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